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I have also been around bears a lot and I have also never used a bear container, nor have I ever hung my food. I have never lost any food to a bear. I have had tents shredded and contents scattered, but I always stored my food away from camp by about 100 feet.

The coldest that I camped was -50F at Fort Greely, Alaska. I was in an unheated tent in an army sleeping bag on top of a single row of duffle bags. The next night, a chinook wind came through warming it up to +40F. We had to strip down to our t shirts and got a sun tan in late November in Alaska.

Boots with felt soles are not legal to wear in Alaska.

I stopped using deet about 5 years ago. I treat my clothes with Permethrin and I use Picaridin lotion on exposed skin. I buy the Permethrin and Picaridin from Sportsmans Warehouse under the Sawyer brand. If I need more protection, I bring out the headnet. Permethrin and Picaridin does not...

I use 1/4” braided polypropylene ropes. Waterproof, floats, very low stretch and cheap in price.

I have lived in Alaska for 42 years. A 20 mph wind is normal up here. I have camped with 40 mph winds gusting to 60 mph frequently. I have always used Eureka tents and they seem to hold together in the wind.

I don’t even know what a leeboard is or what it does.

I don’t know anything about sailing. I would probably capsize the boat.

I highly recommend Redodo batteries. I have 2 300ah Redodo batteries in my motorhome.

If that happened in Alaska, we would be told to grab our guns in case the bear approached us. I have been told twice in the 42 years I have lived here to grab my gun because of a bear in the campground.

I used to go spelunking in West Virginia in the 1970s. In some of those caves, we would be just inches from bats as we would pass along some of the ridges inside the caves.

Wenonah Wee Lassie

The two moose attacks I had was a female moose. I kept a tree between us both times.

I fear a moose attack more than a bear attack. I have been charged twice by moose. I have shared trails with a brown bear before. Wolves generally keep their distance, although a few years ago, a wolf kept a woman in an outhouse for 6-8 hours.

This same question was asked a few years before and the concensus was for a solar charger, the Big Blue 28 watt Solar Charger was the favorite. It was given such good remarks, that I bought one to use on my wilderness canoe trips. It is very welI made. I haven’t used it yet other than testing...